Information last updated on 8 July 2005 Official directory of the European Union 2005 EUROPEAN UNION Note to readers This publication appears once a year in three languages: English, French and German. It contains the organisation charts of the institutions, bodies, agencies and organisations of the European Union down to the level of heads of basic operational entities. A regularly updated electronic version can be consulted on the Internet via the Europa server (http://europa.eu.int/idea). The personal data it contains are provided by the institutions, agencies and bodies. If you detect any errors, please report them to: [email protected]. Because of the number and complexity of the titles of posts in all the various language versions, we are unable for the moment to give their femi- nine/masculine variants. We have therefore opted for a single title, which should be regarded as neutral. Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union Freephone number (*): 0080067891011 (*) Certain mobile telephone operators do not allow access to 00 800 numbers or these calls may be billed. A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet. It can be accessed through the Europa server (http://europa.eu.int). Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2005 ISBN 92-78-40302-4 European Communities, 2005 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. Printed in Luxembourg PRINTED ON WHITE CHLORINE-FREE PAPER Contents Introducing the institutions, bodies and agencies of the European Union .......... V Useful information ............................................................. XVII ˆ Addresses of the institutions. ........................................ XIX ˆ List of buildings (codes) . ........................................ XXIII ˆ Access plans to buildings . ........................................ XXIX ˆ Description of the IDEA electronic directory. ........................... XXXIX Community institutions, bodies and agencies .................................... 1 ˆ European Parliament . ........................................ 3 — List of Members ........................................................ 5 — General Secretariat . ........................................ 97 — Secretariats of the political groups ........................................ 122 ˆ Council of the European Union . ........................................ 143 ˆ European Commission . ........................................ 257 ˆ Court of Justice of the European Communities . ........................... 337 ˆ European Court of Auditors . ........................................ 345 ˆ European Economic and Social Committee . ........................... 353 — General Secretariat . ........................................ 380 — Joint services of the Economic and Social Committee and Committee of the Regions . ........................................ 383 ˆ Committee of the Regions of the European Union . ........................... 385 — General Secretariat . ........................................ 414 — Joint services of the Economic and Social Committee and Committee of the Regions . ........................................ 418 ˆ European Investment Bank. ........................................ 421 ˆ European Investment Fund . ........................................ 429 ˆ European Central Bank . ........................................ 433 ˆ European Ombudsman. ........................................ 437 ˆ European Data Protection Supervisor. ........................................ 441 ˆ Agencies and other bodies . ........................................ 443 General index of names ........................................................ 457 Detailed table of contents ....................................................... 489 III Introducing the institutions, bodies and agencies of the European Union The European Union (EU) is not a federation like the In addition to its institutions, the EU has a number of United States. Nor is it simply an organisation for other bodies that play specialised roles: cooperation between governments, like the United Nations. It is, in fact, unique. The countries that make up The European Ombudsman the EU (its ‘Member States’) pool their sovereignty in order to gain a strength and world influence that none of The European Ombudsman guards EU citizens and busi- them could have on their own. nesses against maladministration. Pooling sovereignty means, in practice, that the Member Financial bodies States delegate some of their decision-making powers to shared institutions they have created, so that decisions on — the European Central Bank is responsible for Euro- specific matters of joint interest can be made democrat- pean monetary policy; ically at European level. — the European Investment Bank finances EU invest- ment projects; The EU institutions — The European Investment Fund provides guarantees The EU’s decision-making process in general, and the and venture capital to help small and medium-sized co-decision procedure in particular, involve three main enterprises (SMEs). institutions: Advisory bodies — the European Parliament, which represents the EU’s — the European Economic and Social Committee repre- citizens and is directly elected by them; sents civil society and the two sides of industry; — the Council of the European Union, which represents — the Committee of the Regions represents regional and the individual Member States; local authorities. — the European Commission, which seeks to uphold the Interinstitutional bodies interests of the Union as a whole. — the Office for Official Publications of the European This ‘institutional triangle’ produces the policies and laws Communities publishes, prints and distributes infor- (directives, regulations and decisions) that apply through- mation about the EU and its activities; out the EU. In principle, it is the Commission that pro- — the European Communities Personnel Selection poses new EU laws but it is the Parliament and Council Office recruits staff for the EU institutions and other that adopt them. bodies. Two other institutions have a vital part to play: the Court of Justice upholds the rule of European law, and the Decentralised agencies Court of Auditors checks the financing of the Union’s — 17 specialised agencies (‘Community agencies’) han- activities. dle specific technical, scientific or management tasks within the EU’s ‘Community domain’ (the ‘first pillar’ These institutions were set up under the Treaties, which of the European Union); are the foundation of everything the EU does. The Treat- ies are agreed by the Member States’ presidents and — the European Institute for Security Studies and the prime ministers and ratified by their parliaments. They European Union Satellite Centre handle specific tasks lay down the rules and procedures that the EU institu- relating to the common foreign and security policy tions must follow. (the ‘second pillar’ of the European Union); V Introducing the institutions,bodies and agencies of the European Union — Europol and Eurojust help coordinate police and judi- In the chamber, the Members do not sit in national dele- cial cooperation in criminal matters (the ‘third pillar’ gations but on the basis of the political group to which of the European Union). they belong. At present, there are seven political groups in the European Parliament, as well as a number of ‘non- attached Members’. The political groups accommodate The European Council Members of more than 100 national political parties. The European Council is the highest ruling organ of the The President of Parliament is the representative of Par- European Union. It has the role of providing political liament as an institution. He or she is responsible for the impetus for the Union and defining general political institution’s external relations and chairs plenary sittings guidelines. Alongside its function as arbiter in the event of the House and meetings of the Bureau and of the Con- of internal crises, the European Council is the initiator of ference of Presidents. new policies in all matters pertaining to the Union. The European Parliament’s governing bodies are: As regards its procedures and arrangements for its oper- ation, the European Council generally meets four times a — the Conference of Presidents, which consists of the year. Each Member State is represented by its Head of President of Parliament and the chairmen of the poli- State or Government, assisted by the Minister for For- tical groups. It is the institution’s political body eign Affairs and, in some cases, the Minister for Finance. responsible for questions concerning relations with The European Commission is represented by its Presi- the other bodies and institutions of the Union, the dent, assisted by a member of the college. The President national parliaments of the Member States, third of the European Parliament is invited to address each countries and international organisations. It decides meeting. on how Parliament’s work is organised, draws up the agenda of part-sessions and establishes the calendar of work of the parliamentary bodies and the powers The European Parliament and responsibilities and the number of members of the parliamentary committees and delegations. The European Parliament consists of representatives of the peoples of the Member States of the European — the Bureau, which